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20 things you didn't know about Tom Brady

Think you know all there is to know about Tom Brady? Here are 20 things you may never have known.

Tom Brady is a California native, born on August 3, 1977 in San Mateo - a suburb of San Francisco.

Brady is the youngest child in his family. His mom had three daughters before "Tommy" was born.

Tom Sr. said he started to play golf with his son when he was only 3. By the age of 8, Tommy had developed an extreme distaste for losing. The taunting didn't help. Tom Sr. said Brady's sisters used to taunt him when he lost.

Brady is still known for his competitiveness, and has been seen multiple times getting into heated exchanges with players and coaches on the sideline.

Brady attended an all-boys Catholic school with a dress code and rules against earrings and long hair.

Brady passed up the chance to play professional baseball to go to University of Michigan, where he majored in organizational studies.

Brady became starting quarterback in 2001, when Drew Bledsoe was hurt during a game against the New York Jets.

His first full game as Patriots quarterback was a 44-13 win against the Indianapolis Colts and Peyton Manning.

Brady dated actress Bridget Moynahan from 2004 until late 2006. The couple split, but Brady has one child with Moynahan, John Edward Thomas Moynahan.

Brady began dating his current wife, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen in December 2006.

They married on February 26, 2009 in an intimate Catholic ceremony in Santa Monica.

Together, the couple have two children: son Benjamin Rein Brady (born December 2009), whose middle name is a shortened version of Bündchen's father's name Reinoldo; and daughter Vivian Lake Brady (born December 2012).

Brady has been featured as a guest star on popular television programs, hosting Saturday Night Live in 2005 and appearing on The Simpsons in 2005 and Family Guy in 2006.

Tom Brady wasn't always #12. Brady wore jersey #10 for the Michigan Wolverines during his tenure in college football.

A teammate says while Brady's tough on the field, he doesn't always interact with people the same way. "He always kind of calls guys 'Babe,'" the teammate told Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN.com. "I was confused [at first]. I was like, 'Did he just call me babe?' But he kind of talks to guys like that, like, 'Hey, babe.'

Brady keeps coconut water in his locker.

Brady likes showering teammates with gifts. He once gave each of his teammates, starters and benchwarmers, a pair of Ugg slippers. He gave his offensive linemen watches for Christmas one year.

Brady's former teammate at the University of Michigan, and good friend Aaron Shea said the two would sit up at night and dream about what they'd do when they made it big. "'If I hit it real big,'" Shea recalls Brady telling him, "'I want to be able to wake up, put a pair of socks on, and at the end of the day, I throw 'em away.'

According to The Daily Mail, Brady's California home is 22,000 square feet and complete with eight bedrooms, an elevator and a lagoon-shaped pool.

Brady's friends and family say he tends to stay home and spend time with family vs. going out with teammates. He's a homebody, contrary to what most people perceive," Tom Sr. said to Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN.com. "It's the strangest damn thing I've seen."

He has numerous special relationships on this team. Patriots owner Bob Kraft, who went through an emotional year after the loss of his wife, Myra, found Brady after last year's AFC Championship Game. Kraft told his quarterback that he loved him.

Tom is the second youngest quarterback (24 yrs, 184 days old) to win a Super Bowl.

Tom is the second youngest quarterback (24 yrs, 184 days old) to win a Super Bowl.

Brady has won more NFL playoff football games than any other quarterback in NFL history.